2017 Challenge Tour

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2017 Challenge Tour season
Duration23 March 2017 (2017-03-23) – 4 November 2017 (2017-11-04)
Number of official events27
Most wins Flag of England.svg Aaron Rai (3)
Rankings Flag of Finland.svg Tapio Pulkkanen
2016
2018

The 2017 Challenge Tour was the 29th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Contents

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2017 season. [1] [2]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
()
Winner [a] OWGR
points
Other
tours [b]
Notes
26 Mar Barclays Kenya Open Kenya220,000 Flag of England.svg Aaron Rai (1)12
23 Apr Turkish Airlines Challenge Turkey200,000 Flag of England.svg Ryan Evans (1)12
14 May Open de Portugal Portugal500,000 Flag of England.svg Matt Wallace (1)18 EUR
21 May Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9 Spain200,000 Flag of England.svg Aaron Rai (2)12New tournament
28 May D+D Real Czech Challenge Czech Republic180,000 Flag of the United States.svg Julian Suri (1)12
4 Jun Swiss Challenge Switzerland170,000 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Joel Girrbach (1)12
11 Jun KPMG Trophy Belgium170,000 Flag of Austria.svg Martin Wiegele (4)12
18 Jun Hauts de France Golf Open France200,000 Flag of France.svg Julien Guerrier (1)12
25 Jun Made in Denmark Challenge Denmark180,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Oscar Stark (1)12
2 Jul SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge Scotland250,000 Flag of England.svg Richard McEvoy (2)12
9 Jul Prague Golf Challenge Czech Republic180,000 Flag of England.svg Garrick Porteous (1)12New tournament
16 Jul Italian Challenge Open Italy300,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Joel Sjöholm (1)12
23 Jul Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge France210,000 Flag of England.svg Aaron Rai (3) [c] 12
30 Jul Swedish Challenge Sweden200,000 Flag of Argentina.svg Estanislao Goya (3)12
6 Aug Vierumäki Finnish Challenge Finland180,000 Flag of England.svg Paul Howard (1)12
13 Aug Galgorm Resort & Spa Northern Ireland Open Northern Ireland185,000 Flag of France.svg Robin Sciot-Siegrist (1)12
20 Aug Viking Challenge Norway200,000 Flag of France.svg Clément Sordet (3)12
26 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland250,000 Flag of Spain.svg Pedro Oriol (1)12
3 Sep Cordon Golf Open France210,000 Flag of Iceland.svg Birgir Hafþórsson (1)12
10 Sep Bridgestone Challenge England180,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Oscar Lengdén (1)12
17 Sep Irish Challenge Ireland180,000 Flag of France.svg Julien Guerrier (2)12
24 Sep Kazakhstan Open Kazakhstan450,000 Flag of Finland.svg Tapio Pulkkanen (1)13
1 Oct Challenge de España Spain200,000 Flag of France.svg Victor Perez (1)12
15 Oct Hainan Open ChinaUS$350,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Erik van Rooyen (1)13 CHN
22 Oct Foshan Open ChinaUS$500,000 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Oliver Farr (2)13 CHN
28 Oct Ras Al Khaimah Golf Challenge UAEUS$350,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Jens Dantorp (2)13
4 Nov NBO Golf Classic Grand Final Oman420,000 Flag of France.svg Clément Sordet (4)17Flagship event

Rankings

The rankings were titled as the Road to Oman and were based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. [4] [5] The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2018 European Tour. [6]

RankPlayerPoints
1 Flag of Finland.svg Tapio Pulkkanen 210,799
2 Flag of France.svg Clément Sordet 181,312
3 Flag of South Africa.svg Erik van Rooyen 160,876
4 Flag of England.svg Aaron Rai 139,435
5 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Kinhult 139,419

Notes

  1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Challenge Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Challenge Tour members. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Challenge Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the European Tour.
  2. CHN − China Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  3. Rai earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season. [3]

References

  1. "2017 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  2. "Match play golf returns as part of 2017 Challenge Tour schedule". European Tour. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  3. "Le Vaud-Rai win earns Aaron a European Tour card". European Tour. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  4. "2017 Road to Oman". European Tour. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  5. "Sordet wins NBO Golf Classic Grand Final title, Pulkkanen is 'Road to Oman' champion". Times of Oman. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2023 via Pressreader.
  6. "2017 European Challenge Tour: 15 money leaders who earned European Tour cards". Golf News Net. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2023.